Features
The 18th century English archery revivals
Kristina Dolgilevica takes another look at the archery revival in 18th century England The history of the 18th century is often dismissed by the modern reader as uninteresting, lacking the mystery of ancient history and the curiosity of medieval history.…
Recovering your strength after a break from archery
Long break? Winter blues? Lucy O’Sullivan has you covered Strength, noun: “the quality or state of being physically strong” and “the capacity of an object or substance to withstand great force or pressure”. Strength is not just one ‘thing’. Although…
New products on show at ATA 2023
Our annual report from archery’s biggest show As usual, the Bow team was at ATA for a poke around the world’s biggest archery trade show. The ATA is the Archery Trade Association of America, and it’s also the given name…
Interview: Cinzia Noziglia
The reigning queen of barebow, Cinzia Noziglia, speaks to Bow International In October 2022, Italy’s Cinzia Noziglia was named the World Games’ athlete of the month not long after her victory at the World Archery Field Championships in Yankton. This…
Interview: Gaby Schloesser
Bow caught up with the Olympic silver medallist who is currently tearing up the indoor circuit Gabriela Schloesser (née Bayardo) is a Dutch recurve archer. Born in Mexico, she competed for Mexico before 2016, and has represented the Netherlands since…
News
NFAS: 3D Championships 2022
A sold-out return to the woods. By Alex Tyler Two weeks. That was all the time it took for all four hundred places for the 2022 National Field Archery Society (NFAS) 3D Championships to fill up. There had been a…
LA 2028: still no compound
Indications suggest programme will be same as Tokyo Archery was confirmed as a core sport for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games at the IOC’s 139th Session held in the Chinese capital Beijing, on the eve of the Winter Olympics.…
The best archery podcasts
Mimi Landström puts her headphones on for some of the best podcasts about archery There are many archery podcasts on the scene right now, some new, some old. Podcasts are on the rise in popularity. They are great to listen…
Easton Archery at 100
The oldest archery company in the US reaches its centenary in 2022 One of the best-known names in the sport, Easton’s archery products are used around the world. It remains a family firm, founded in 1922 by Doug Easton, who…
Reviews
Ultimate Gear: Everything
Our top picks for a wide range of archery gear on the market, from clothes to scopes and everything in between It’s the beginning of a new year, and you’re super fired up about it. This is the year: you’re…
Ultimate Gear: Compound
Our picks for the best compound gear on the market It’s the beginning of a new year, and you’re super fired up about it. This is the year: you’re going to shoot like never before. Nothing is going to stand…
Ultimate Gear: Recurve
The very best of all things recurve, available right now If money were no object – or if you only accept the very best – then Bow has lovingly compiled a list of the finest gear available, for recurve, compound and…
Book review: The Archer’s Reflex
Tackling target panic one page at a time Up here at Bow Towers, we were excited to receive another book that tackled that trickiest of subjects: target panic. Author Jes Lysgaard is a trad archer from Denmark. While forms of…
New products: WIAWIS ATF-DX riser
Win & Win was out in Taipei and showing off its new WIAWIS bow Win & Win has continued to plough its own path through the professional recurve archery world, with its own focus on how to solve and minimise…
